The scholarships were awarded to Senior Engineer of  the Laboratory of Thermal Insulation of VGTU Giedrius Balčiūnas for his work  “Multifunctional Composite of Hemp Hurds and Sapropel Binding Agent“ and Senior Engineer of the same laboratory Jurga Šeputytė-Jucikė for her work "Research into Mechanical Qualities of the Composite of Porous Inclusions (Foam Glass Granules, Crushed Expanded Polystyrene Package) Connected by Porous Cement Matrix“.

The young scientists were awarded scholarships in the amount of 200 euros each. They are planning to use the money for the research of composite materials or publication of its results. “The awarded scholarships serve as a proof that our research is relevant and it needs to be continued; besides, that the academic community is interested in our work“, – said G. Balčiūnas.

Laureates of the Young Scientists‘ Conference organised by the Lithuanian Acdemy of Sciences can apply for the scholarships of INFOBALT awarded annually. This year, the laureates have been selected from forty candidates. The scholarship fund for this year has made up nearly 5 800 euros for three nominal and five encouragement INFOBALT scholarships. With the main aim of the scholarships to promote the application of accumulated knowledge in practice and business, as well as the use of  IT in research, the papers of the young scientists in the fields of physical and technological sciences were assessed by a committee made up of IT business representatives. Thirty thousand euros were  allotted to encourage young scientists during the period of the last five years, with the establishment of thirty scholarships in the amount ranging from 200 to 3 000 euros each.